Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.
KEITH RICHARDSMy life is full of broken halos.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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If you don’t know the blues there’s no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.
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The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
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The electric guitar was vital in helping what I’ve achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
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And then I think we realized, like any young guys, that blues are not learned in a monastery. You’ve got to go out there and get your heart broke and then come back and then you can sing the blues.
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Yes, I’ve been trepanned. That’s quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain.
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To make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
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I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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If you say I’m great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?
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My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow.
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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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I never sleep alone. If there is no one to sleep next to, I’ll sleep next to a stuffed animal. It makes me feel secure and safe. It’s a little embarrassing to admit it; I’m an old man now. It’s important to me though.
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To me, the main thing about living on this planet is to know who the hell you are and be real about it. That’s the reason I’m still alive.
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Songwriting’s a weird game.
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To me, life is a wild animal. You hope to deal with it when it leaps at you.
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